Now that the various parts have come in and the wood has been stained and clear-coated, it is time to put it all together!
The first step was to create a small triangular brace inside the box. Since the wood is just nailed together on the edges without any central support, I was worried it might collapse if pressure was applied.
So I cut out some triangles, sized them down so they wouldn't full the inside and glued them to the box-halves.
That gave me some good bracing, but when I put the box-halves together, although the braces fit together:
it didn't leave any room for the proposed light inside. I could place the light on one side of the brace but not much light would make it to the other side. It was too late to take the braces out and put in smaller ones, so....
I cut a notch out of them:
Now when the box-halves are put together I have ample room for a light:
After attaching the light to the brace, via the old-school system of hot-glue:
I was able to complete the boxes.
Then it was a matter of measuring and screwing in the legs and the bottom half is done!
LOL, It looks like it ought to be walking around on those legs.
The next step is to connect to the two wooden boxes with the connector pipes and feed the wires through the pipes. Plus do the power switch.. and I have a cool idea for it.
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